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in music, percussion instrument, known in various forms and played throughout the world and throughout history. Essentially a drum is a frame over which one or more membranes or skins are stretched. The frame is usually cylindrical or conical, but it comes in many other shapes. It acts as a resonator when the membrane is struck by the hand or by an implement, usually a stick or a whisk. The variety of tone and the volume of sound from a drum depend on the area, tension, and material of the membrane that is struck and, more particularly, on the skill of the player. The rhythmic effects of drum playing can be exceedingly complex, especially the intricate polyrhythmic arrangements of Asian and African cultures. The modern orchestra may have as many as five drums under one player, allowing an impressive range of tones. In Western music the kettledrumkettledrum,in music, percussion instrument consisting of a hemispherical metal vessel over which a membrane is stretched, played with soft-headed wooden drumsticks. Of ancient origin, it appeared early in Europe, probably imported from the Middle East by crusaders in the 12th.....Click the link for more information. is of special importance. A metal bowl with a membrane stretched over the open side, it is the only drum that can be tuned to a definite pitch. It originated in Persia and spread throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe; it was later adapted into orchestral music. The kettledrum was formerly tuned by hand screws placed around the edge; now it can be tuned by a pedal mechanism. The bass drum, especially popular in military bands, is a huge wooden cylinder with a drumhead (membrane) on both ends. The snare drumsnare drum,small drum having a drumhead at either end. One head is struck with wooden drumsticks, and on the other are stretched several strings, called snares, which cause a rattling against the head. The snare drum was used only in military bands until the 19th cent......Click the link for more information. (sometimes called the side drum) also has a drumhead at either end; across one end are stretched gut strings wound with wire. These strings rattle when the other end of the drum is beaten. The tenor drum is primarily used in military bands and is normally played with small felt sticks. The tambourine, known from Roman times, is a single-headed small drum, usually with jingles attached to the frame; it is shaken and struck by hand.

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Drum

One of the cylinders of stone that form a column; a cylindrical or polygonal wall below a dome, often pierced with windows.

What does it mean when you dream about a drum?

A drum can represent everything from primitive urges, to dance, to the rhythms of life, to entrepreneurialism (“drumming up business”), to ejection (being “drummed out of town”). As with all dream symbols, the tone and setting of the dream indicate which meaning is appropriate.

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(chemical engineering)

Tower or vessel in a refinery into which heated products are conducted so that volatile portions can separate.

(design engineering)

A hollow, cylindrical container.

A metal cylindrical shipping container for liquids having a capacity of 12-110 gallons (45-416 liters).

(electronics)

A computer storage device consisting of a rapidly rotating cylinder with a magnetizable external surface on which data can be read or written by many read/write heads floating a few millionths of an inch off the surface. Also known as drum memory; drum storage; magnetic drum; magnetic drum storage.

(mechanical engineering)

A horizontal cylinder about which rope or wire rope is wound in a hoisting mechanism.

A hollow or solid cylinder or barrel that acts on, or is acted upon by, an exterior entity, such as the drum in a drum brake. Also known as hoisting drum.

drum

1. One of the cylinders of stone which form a column.

2. A round or polygonal wall below a dome, often pierced with windows.

3. The bell of Composite or Corinthian capitals.

drum

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1.Music a percussion instrument sounded by striking a membrane stretched across the opening of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere

2. the sound produced by a drum or any similar sound

3.Architect

a. one of a number of cylindrical blocks of stone used to construct the shaft of a column

5. any of various North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fishes, such as Equetus pulcher (striped drum), that utter a drumming sound

6. a type of hollow rotor for steam turbines or axial compressors

7.Computing a rotating cylindrical device on which data may be stored for later retrieval: now mostly superseded by disks

drum

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Scot, Irish a narrow ridge or hill

drum

Ancient slow, cylindrical magnetic media that were once
state-of-the-art storage devices. Under BSDUnix the disk
partition used for swapping is still called "/dev/drum"; this
has led to considerable humour and not a few straight-faced
but utterly bogus "explanations" getting foisted on newbies.

The managed-care industry, as well as other organizations, will beat the drums across the United States to generate more interest among seniors for improvements in Medicare, higher payments for plans and providers and reduced regulations, with the expectation that these issues will be passed along to members of Congress when they go home to their districts.

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